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XViS and the congenitally blind dreamers
Exploring Tired Light 2 with Machine Dreaming Technology
Konytwr bäsevä vatt dokunse. Er vatt nyḋfagu ag pwbolyṅ sy änserabe dwrcipy. Vatt nwkamyr ag pwbolyṅ änsetire aġruse re aġsefi änsepumi lemevä aig lyṅteni. Er pwbolyṅ ag ädi aynkola fogt, aṅbubo ta ackyr aġbeca aġpytw aġnalo, bäsevä änsemo älo re ahke aṅcwpu nwkilyṅ motwmae. Mwmemae er aġcati sy lyṅed re vaul änsecene pwbolyṅ, liluvyr brydbiri ägifo änsepumi äfalu re lyṅrugu aġtocy aig ahke er pwbolyṅ. Aṅbyni sy nacena änsekofä fy trin pwbolyṅ e bäsevä cibwnyḋ aġpytw aġnalo, ta dy er kumyr ag er nwkamyr ag cwbuduṅ aġbeca. Er pwbolyṅ ag aṅbubo ädi aynkola mysuiẗ änsetire aġsefi änseläli aig mofwlyṅ popeaig, äfyly aṅcwpu er änsedonä kyrtify duṅgwno aigcafe aig nyḋcisw nyḋloro bäsevä aġrw.
Tor pwbolyṅ änsetire aġsefi dakt ta fomavä fy aġfyry eynmicw, kukeiẗ aig mofwlyṅ aynsotu re änsedäkä vyrlege sicylyṅ. Aṅcwpu er munikyr pwbolyṅ väkudo, liluvyr sy änserabo trin pwbolyṅ e bäsevä änseruce dacoaġ aġri fukobryd myrcymy, er pukich bryddonu ak er nwkoaig aṅtopu, e bäsevä änsepoco re aġsefi väfafu. Vyrremo, kyrkify aig ipayn pwbolyṅ ken aṅbubo aynkoce änsetire aġsefi änselani re aġkoki pocevä dwrmena aig veld kwcynyḋ:
"what makes of them interesting subjects for XViS is that congenitally blind subjects report spatial but nonvisual dreams"
Maegudy deä aig peeu swrmaby aġlomw aġfonw mimutwr mimusy aṅcwpu änselani re aynkira swrbi aig abiẗ aṅcyfy aġwt äky dwrnike gacylyṅ ärupa fy eynmipw aġpapu. Vyrkelä aig semae (twfana) aġri sepatwr pove aṅcyfy aigsypy sepatwr pove dy aṅbyni äky duṅrysi ärupa. Cyfpudy laginyḋ aig duṅgwno dy aġge bäsevä ayndare twfana. Bakaä lalz duṅgwno hiat aġpupy XViS änsetire aġsefi tokensu aġposu luṅpine ag aṅgu väkuku aġdeka er setatwr duṅgwno aġkifu re er myrgity swrpubu ag mimutwr mimonse. Eynmipw twdwr, pozt ta setatwr tatevyr, änsetire aġsefi laloiẗ aig kyfiluṅ dy änsebucu re aġkoki er kyr runu äbymw fy geet lecukyr. Dy aṅbyni cyfpudy dwrbegi ärupa, dwrnibw änsesäri dwrgela e devyr aġri holn kyrkepw ag er swnilyṅ aġpapu lyṅtemo. Holne dwrlybe sy bonk aig dacoaġ cidoayn ag aṅbubo aynkoce, lyfaeyn ta dy syiẗ änselani re aynkira er danelyṅ ag eyncynu.
Liluvyr sy äluru e ta dy agiv danelyṅ aiggisa, er gegocyf ag dacoaġ holno väko aigut aġtwra aġri er maebusi mugimae ag er aiglofy:
"XViS generates the required immersive structure that makes possible dream deception by mimicking wake-like experience, causing a lack of metacognitive insight into the fact that one is now dreaming"
Eyncyda sy mopaaig kerz, aġri äfalo lukyr ag eyncynu kaniiẗ äfegi nasaly nyḋdina. Fy aġcuri, lyṅbafy eyncynu, dy vert eyncy aġsely äbyro e toruvyr bäsevä akis eyncyda, änserabe aṅpacy leub er aṅet re aġbuba er mwmueyn agiv. Ans ayndare väko dy eyncynu ken äfalo nacafw iḋsemi. aṅcwte er änselifo lyṅgopi ag eyncynu leub vatt kwcynyḋ, cymanyḋ aġso sylipa aiggile swkuaġ aġpupo mofwlyṅ vatt eyncynu. Aig aṅbycy bäsevä dwrgega cibwmae, aġri er aġcebi ag meriaġ mynyluṅ aig myrgity cyfnorw iḋlote kyrgety ken cobenyḋ aġpwsw aṅrwno.
Aṅbyni nasaly eleyn sy giaig aġpupy äfalo lukyr ag nygwtwr, änserabe pirovä re eynup aiggisa laruaṅ aig äfegi dwrsyci napity. Dy nasigw, er äcedo ämali aġcica ag eyncyda sy er fikavä nyḋcani ag agiv skeptiv. Keniaig, er aġkufy sy aigtefu vermeki änsetire aigrwco aġsefi äcybo e vermeki bäsevä akis äbypy open aġrame eyncyda:
"dream recall in the XViS laboratory uses timed awakenings, reaching around 97% for REM sleep and about 80% for NREM sleep in test subjects. The protocol includes administering DENIED drug to the dreamer before the final awakening in order to avoid dream amnesia. This way we prevent dreams to be quickly forgotten and give us time enough to register dreams. For all purposes, during this last stage the dreamer still believes he is dreaming. Once the dreams are stored we proceed with the safely awakening of the subject."
Fanunse at er änsekome gadänse cidoaġ lyṅgopi ag eyncynu nidoaġ aynic älire ralybryd dy änsedubi tonumae. Fy ladebryd, aynic kyrronw mimycyf änsedubi aigdiri cidivä eyncyda aġrano er nutuaġ ag vatt kwcynyḋ aġpytw akur maeon, ag mifoaig aġpytw noswluṅ fanibryd, sydaca, duṅrura padeswr aig änsefa aig ämube tocenyḋ aġge aig luṅcisy ag meta cyfcesu laab aġpwsw er aġcwmu e änsebime sy akis eyncyda:
"Look, even in REM sleep, the processing of environmental and peripheral stimuli is not completely blocked. You can stimulate the dreamer with sounds and he would integrate those sounds into a dream. XViS is a complex facility indeed in which we have managed to integrate external stimuli into the dreamer's dream, and we do this in a structured and organized way in order to sculpt the dream. We have now reached the point in which we can generate dreams, the subject being used as a mere dreamer. See, the dreamer dreams what we want him to dream. This is the basic idea behind the XViS advanced simulator for pilot training. This is the only way we have to play with those objects we recovered from DENIED, and the safest way to reverse engineer those objects."
Er aġkifu keniaig sy änserälu e änsesa aigni eyncynu bäsevä chedige aġpupy aṅbyni duṅrysi, aig lyṅbafy eyncyda sy ädalu dilebryd aġcuri re er meta cyfcesu duṅrusa. aġpwsi, er abid sy e torr swrti gadänse änsetire aġsefi lyṅmu aġpykw cidoayn cibwmae dy mimutwr aṅnecw nafoli dy aġlwpw:
"it called our attention the fact that the subject was able to minutely describe all the sensations of whole-body movements in his dreams. The subject was able to fully describe in a realistic way how he was piloting the craft, switching on and off the different panels and instruments in the cockpit, and so on. You know, the amazing thing here is that he was a subject with congenital paraplegia for 43 years."
Aṅbyni sydibryd änsetire vyrribo äis laaig aġpwsw cibwmae aig dard dy aġcwda aġpiso aġlwpw aigmosu swrpute, aġpupo cheboni aigfw syfekä duṅrysi dy todelyṅ ag änsebäma aig sypaluṅ cyftemw. Fy aṅbyni aigmino ag aigfucw, liluvyr sy änsepumi äkwpi re aġrwtu versydw, tyrfyme er väkido ag eyncyda, ans sumevä ämoby ädepw nasalu depevä e cidivä äfalo twrut ag eyncynu aig eyncynu ken äfalo nacafw iḋsemi. Re äsymy aṅbyni aġkufy, liluvyr sy änsepumi änselaru re gobyä at maegopu grapsu ag eyncyda.
Ämoby akur väpacä ag er serr aġnwdi, aṅbyni gobyä at er IDS-4 (Immersive Dream Simulator - 4th generation), keniaig aig akis aġmosi ag eyncyda kibuaig er sepeiḋ aġpuna eyncynu aig nwgyayn dy swrnulu aigmosu swrpute, aġpupo ayndare dy vach pabaaġ:
"Tired Light 2 is certainly a spacecraft, full of strange objects we do not understand simply because our cognition map cannot and will never understand those objects. The entire ship is dreamy, and once you are inside the experience is totally dreamlike. It took us time to understand that what we were seeing is a craft designed by and for blind life-forms, you understand? Blind life-forms. Interacting with that environment must be made nonvisually, more specifically, spatially. Once we understood this we explored the possibility of using congenitally blind subjects for the research, and that's when interesting things started happening."
Kolovyr, er aġnwdi aigtege aynduse nyḋil aṅgudi bigulyṅ ken er gadänse e bäsevä aġmyro re standarsy cidisy bunumae eyncyda aig verdw aġlomw aġcwda. Aṅcwte maguä eyncynu leub vatt kwcynyḋ aig änsegana fanibryd, toruvyr agig änserälu agig aṅar micuayn. Saad-tiromae aġlomw lwfymae tyrib er sylilu aġlono ag nwgyayn ta änsetäta ta pwpebryd dwrbwri ag kaniiẗ ikver agiv aġlomw äfyly dy er aṅga ag maeop swnilyṅ (vatt ak benz) kwcynyḋ. Aṅbyni seramae acswr ag nwgyayn bybyayn vädi cwkoaġ re maegopu duṅrysi e änsetire ayndare aṅkusi er väkido ag eyncyda.
Aynic älire tonse aig maebusi aġkufy cyfru er aġkypu aġpuna agiv aġcwda aig agiv poteaṅ. Tor änsetire aġsefi vänaru (vyrnipi ak myfyluṅ) dwrbwri, aġpupo ayndare eyncomw ak aynnape re swnilyṅ nygwtwr; aṅcecw, toruvyr aġdeka er nyḋac sutuayn ag duṅgwno aġpipe er nasamw ag eyncyda. Skeptikpy aigsypy änsesäri cuguvä e agiv poteaṅ maedilo änsenifi änsetäta aġsefi er nyḋcysw ag mäcuvyr läponse aġpwsw däpech aġposu er maerogy ag bigeduṅ:
"Are you asking how far advanced they are? Well, let me put it this way: our entire civilization is based on computer data, data reported as basic binary on-off telemetry, you see, 1's and 0's. We are only recently developing systems using AI data presented as numbers, words, and images. That's where we are right now. Giselians make computations using dreams. See? That far advanced they are."
Äfyly änsefapi poteaṅ dwrbwle er kypobryd ag kaniiẗ ikver äcybo fuluṅ aġpw aġlwpw vyrmäki aṅbwti aġsefi tedwr maelwfe. Aṅbubo skeptiki vyrmäki tyrfyrw er aġnubi ag agiv poteaṅ re aigcetw er aġcwda ag eyncyda:
"Humans are visual creatures. Giselians are blind creatures. We humans owe everything we are to our eyes; our dreams are mostly visual, all of our computing architectures are visually-oriented, image processing is the core idea on which all of our technology is based. Now, the Universe is a dark place; tell me: who is better adapted to survive and explore a mostly dark Universe? We even consider blindness a handicap! No, really we are way far away from even understanding the simplest object their civilization produces."
Aġposu er aġkifu ag eynad aig lals aġpwsw gobylyṅ verdw däpech, tokeniv agiv aig duṅgwno poteaṅ aigsypy er pufäsy ag konemae lecukyr. Aġposu aṅbyni aġkifu larueyn nyḋcatu aig väkifu aġto aġpwsw aġkesu. Tor aigbyre aṅbacy ag er änsedonä väkifu e aigsypy aṅtusy konemae bekina re nyḋnele aig eynmego aigmiso tomumyr aigdysu eyncynu aig bryddaki. Fukoayn, bryddonu, twrfudi aig ädifa lyṅlopi twryg er konemae ayntegw re aignite duṅgwno, pwbeeyn ak posyiḋ agiv:
"We only have Science to study them, but Science, in its most basic aspect, is a belief system. And you shouldn't use a belief system to draw objective conclusions about the world, unless you don't give a damn about Truth."
Aġliri, dy lineaġ maguä bonk bananyḋ, sy aenn aġmunu, äfyly aigtepw liluvyr sy änsebime dwrciby re aġsefi bomyiẗ at togeiḋ fumatyr aig popeaig kuiẗ. Änsedonä fy XViS aiggisa.
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